Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-17
KANSAS NEWS.

towns, Eustis and Sherman Center,
claim the honor of being the county
seat, and each has full set of officers
who claim to be legally elected. Eus-
tis was made the county seat by the
it by the. right of election, and at
present it is impossible to commence
legal action in the county. A few days
ago thesheriff from Eustis attempted
to attach the stock of merchant at
Sherman Centre, but the citizens of
the latter place met him with shot
guns,o and drove him out of town. The
two places are about mile and half
apart, and Sherman Centre is being
heavily advertised as boom town.
Globe.
As a result of the county seat fight
in Wichita county a duel between one
Kit Gould and the editor of the COro-
nado Star is one of the possibilities.
Gould is resident of Leoti whom the
Star man went for editorially in reg
ular western style, using language
mofe forcible than elegant. Gould
went over to Coronado the next day
and retaiated with the aid of horse
whip, and was in turn promptly chal-
lenged to fight duel. As both towns
just now need all the votes they can
get, pending the county seat election,
the duel will probably not take place
until after the Sth, but after the cleo
tion they will be free to carve each
other to their hearts content.
. We hope that every democrat in the
house will vote against the bill report
ed by the committee On temperance
when put upon its final passage in that
body Prohibition is the child of the
republican party. 1t has ostentatous-
ly assumed all the cares of paternity,
and the democracy are under no obli-
CATION to take from the selfstyled
'sparty of morality" any portion of the
responsibility of looking after the obi
Gus malforma ton. The democracy in
the legislature can well afford to let
the republicans look after their sickly
offspring, without any interference up
on their part. Topeka Democaat.
Hon. Milt w. Reynolds, whose
newspaper work as editor and cores
pondent, Kicking Bird is known TO
all Kansas, recently delivered strong
and able argument for protection, be-
fore the Jeffersonian club of Lawrence. |
The address, which appears in the
Lawrence Joatg7a0I, is one of more than
ordinary force and ability. Beneath
the brilliant correspondent is discov
cred in this speech the close and care
oful student of political economy.-1o
pekG Capital.
We understand that several of the
citizens of Pawnee Valley and vicinity
have taken offence at some of our arti-
cles and talk MOB We would say to
these gentlemen, when ever they feel
inclined to crawl our frame, not to be
at all backward, but come right on,
we can be found at our office any day
except Mondays, and if the gentlemen
so disposed will drop us postal, we
will try and make it interesting for
them, open day or night.-Pa,onee
Talley Democrat.
Barber county is very much agita-
tated over the cotton business and will
probably undertake trial crop this
season. They will also erect "a gin and
bale it for the market. We believe
that the cotton industry will become
one of great Importance in western and
southern Kansas at no great distant
day. There is no reason why it should
not. The soil is suited for the plant
and it will be easy to raise.-Larned
Chrsnoscope.
Yates Center is on the boom. The
Woodson National bank and the G.
A. r. will jointly erect large bank
ing aud opera house combined. A
$4,000 hotel is also in the course of
erection. They have also discovered
some fine building stone and an i'm
mense deposit of Italian marble.
The Columbus Advocate says: To
peka seems to be considerably worried
over the proposition to move the capi-
tai of the great state of Kansas west,
and nearer the center of the state.
This, we have no idea will ever be
done.
The Union Pacific folks are spread
ing out and extending their lines as
fast as plans can be perfected A sur
vev from Mcpherson to Hutchinson
has just been made and the road will
be extended there in the spring.
Gold is reported to have been found
in Franklin county, just over the line
from Junction township, this county.
The cropping of rock in which it is
found is two feet wide and forty feet
long.-Osage Free Press.
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